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      MSCMXAKBOUS . 40 ^^* 2 . ° ^ M nw ) P 0 M 8 .-ThB deaths regism V . ^ -iS ? * £ k were :-Males , 471 ; female * . £ ? i ^ k ® k Blr tB 3 : males ; 677 ; females , 679 ; wtai . 1 , 455 . Return of meteorological observation taken at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , in the weet endine Saturday , June 26 : —Barometer , mean height . 29 . 620 ; thermometer , highest , 69 . 8 ; lowest , aPc 0 ^ 1116 * 8 ' 5 ? -85 aiean direction of the wind , & . & . W ., with a maximum pressure of S . slbs . to the foot ; mean of horizontalmovement of the air , 1270 mue « ; meaa amount of cloud , 7 . 9 ; mean of rain ,

      MiTBf rotiTAN Impeoveubnts . —A plan has been exhibited at the Mansion House tor the formation of a Dew street from Victoria-street , through . Kingstreet , into West Smithfield , obviating the necessity for vehicles descending the dangerous declivity of Holb-rn Hill , and opening a direct line ofcommunieati « a from New Oxford-street to the Eastern Counties Railway . m Fxvks a ihe Mktropohs —Dr A Tweedie , pbysician to the London Fever Hospital , has published a letter in reference to the report of fever in the metropolis ; in which he says— " A statement has been lately extensively circulated by the newspapers , that ID epidemic fever , accompanied with symptoms that have hitherto been deemed to be distinctive of

      plague , is extensively prevalent in London at the present time . Such a report has most naturally created the greatest alarm . It is , therefore , the duty of every one who has the opportunity to endtavour to allay the fears of those who give credence to this , if not incorrect , at least greatly exaggerated , statement . " After thorough inquiry into the mattor . ti-e doctor-concludes as follows : — " From these facts 1 think it may be deduced , —1 . Thattyphns fever ia not at tbs present time alarming ly prevalent in London ; 2 , that in its character it bears no analogy to the plague ; and a , that the inhabitants et London have great cause of thankfulness that as yet the metropolis has been visited with a much less proportionate amount of epidemic fever than any other nity in the kingdom . "

      FIRES . Free at Asn , KT * s Thbatbe . —On Saturday night , shortly after the conclusion of the performance , a report was raised in the Westminster-road that Astley ' s Amphitheatre was on fire , and messengers were dispatched for the fire-ensines . In the space of a few minutes the West of England and brigade engines arr-ved , and after some time the firemen were admitted , when they found a deal of smoke in the thtata ^ j ^ jk k ^ jux ^ n running about in _ grea state of the hose attacheof to'ffieir fire-extinguishing apparatus . Fortunately the hands ef the theatre hat succeeded in subduing the flames in their infancy , or the consequences might have been most disastrous . Upon making inquiries , Mr W . Batty ,

      the proprietor of the house , stated that at the close of the theatre , as was usual , the men were engaged fcaugingsQuw rolis ef calico over the medallions in fr ont of the boxes , and havingl eft the side chandeliers burning , the cotton fell into the light and soon became ignited , and before the flames could be got oat one of the gas-pipe * was melted by the heat . The damage done is thus reported by Mr Braidwood : — "Soma calico covering and drapery of the Queen ' s box bnrned , front of gallery slightly scorched , and gas-pipe melted . " It is but right to mention , that when the engines arrived , a most abundant supply of waten was ready , furnished by the Lambeth Company , but fortunately it was not required .

      DSSTKEOTIVB FlEK IX H 0 BSEH 05 GBB-LAlTn . —A rapidly destructive fire has broken out in the carpenters' workshops , belonging to Messrs Walker and Soper , situate at No . 1 , Union square , tlorsemonger-lane . The flames when first perceived were raging in the lower floor amongst a large quantity of eat timber . The foreman , the only person OH the sp « t . made an attempt to subdue the fire by pouring backets of water oa it , but such a powerful ascendancy had the destructive element already obtained that it defied his utmost exertions , and in tbe space of a few minutes the building became fired from

      bottom to top , tbe flames from which speedily communicated to the timber-yard at the back . The Brigade and West of England engines promptly attended , and no time being lost in setting them to work , the firemen laboured without intermission until half-past six o clock , when they at length , got the fire entirely extinguished . By that period the building was gutted , and the valuable stock of timber in the yard was partially conmmed . The total damage is considerable , for at the time of the outbreak there was a £ 2 000 contract on the premises , and eleven workmen have lost the whole of their tools . Messrs Walker and Soper were insured in the Phonix Fire Office .

      ACCIDBSXg A 5 D OFFENCES . Fatal- Accident . —On Wednesday a painful sensation was created at the London terminus of the Blackwall Railway in Fenchurch-street , by the death of a young man named Freeman , a porter , who was kilted under the following melancholy circumstances By the side cf the railway , about fifty yards from its commencement is a platform , on which the hogsiieada of Mlgar and other goods are landed from the trucks as they ' arrive with the passenger carriages in each train from the West India Dock . The hogsheads of sugar are then lowered into a warehouse level with Hart-street , Crutchedfriars , by means of

      powerful machinery , which , from its peculiar construction , is worked with the greatest ease . Two hogsheads of sugar were placed on a ^ tage to be lowered , and the machinery having been set in motion , they descended into the warehouse below in the usual manner , and the whole of the ponderous weight fell upon the unfortunate porter Freeman , who at that moment was looking for aahilling he had dropped on the ground , and did not see the hogsheads of sugar coming down . Be was crushed beneath the weight , aad his death was instantaneous . His mutilated remains were collected immediatel y , and removed to the deadhouse of the adjoining church of St Olave , Hart-¦ treet , to await tbe coroner ' s inquest .

      Fbiohtfdi . Ommbcs Accideht . —An accident of a most frightful character , which , besides involving the life of one poor child , has inflicted such severe injuries on two others . as to render their ultimate recovery extremely dubious , has oecurred in Trafalgar-square , under the circumstances subjoined . It seems that a railway omnibus was proceeding from the Great Western station along the southern side of the square , next Charing-exoss , driven by the conductor , in the absence of the regular coachman , when three children , named James Pottinger , aged seven years , John Pottinger , aged six , and Charles Wilkinson , aged nine , were playing in the road , and

      although the driver , who was proceeding at a moderate pace , cried out , none of the unfortunate lads were able to retreat before the horses came upon them , and the deceased James , brother to John Pottinger , being the first knocked down , the wheels passed over him , and he was killed on the spot John . Jiving with Ms parents , in Newport-market , was likewise seriously injured , having sustained a broken leg , and a dislocation of the collar-bone , besides other extensive injuries . Wilkinson was also severely iruised in several parts , and sustamed a compound comminuted fracture of the left arm , with an occipital injury . The little sufferers were all taken to the Charing-cross Hospital .

      Extbaohm . vahtExflo 3 io . vat OAirasir-rowH . —An explosion of a most extraordinary character , nearly attended with fatal consequences , happened on Monday evening , upon the premises , belonging to Mr Augustus Brockenbury , manufacturer of ice by steam machinery , situate at the rear of lOf , Stanhopeatreet , Camden-town . It appears that whilst Mr Brockenbury was at work in a building nearly fifty feet from the dwelling , an explosion of a most terrific character occurred , which blew down the walla , lifted offtheroof , and then set the place on fire . Mr Broekenborywas -very severely injured by the force of the explosion , and on Tuesday ; afternoon was lying in a state of great suffering . The damage was not confined to one building , but the electricity , or

      whatever else it was—for no one has been able yet to learn—passed down a sewer , and after travelling a distance of forty-five feet blew up tke flooring of the basement story of the house . The noise occasioned by the explosion was most terrific , and for some time the greatest confusion prevailed in the neighbour hood . Numerous engines of the London brigade and the parish quickly attended , and the firemen , with Ihe assistance of the police and inhabitants , succeeded in getting the flames extinguished , but independent of the damage before stated , the contentsof the back premises were much , burned . Dabiko Bobberies . —On Monday , the police received information of the following robberies : —On the 24 th instant , from a bedroom in the Green Man

      public-house , Bond-street , above £ 50 in gold and silver . On the same day , from 139 , Curtain-road , Shoreditcb , fourteen sovereigns , two half-sovereigns , 8 s . in silver , and a valuable set of drawing instruments . On the 25 th , from 36 , Baker-street , a silver mustard-pot , gadroon edges , a silver milk-jug , both narked " K . A . S ., " silver milk-jug , fluted , a desert and table fork . On the 25 th , from the residence of Edward Horsman , Esq ., M . P ., a purse containing three sovereigns and three gold rings , one engraved a horse ' s head , and four Bramah rings . On the 24 th , from 7 , Wbodland' s-plaee , St John ' s-wood , the property of Major Lynch , four silver tea-spoons , crest a wolf rampant , with a heart in the paws , two

      silver table and a desert spoon , crest a stag at bay , and a silver cruet-stand . Soicidb . —On Wednesday the Waterman steamer , 3 to . 4 , left Woolwich , between nine and ten o ' clock , with a number of passengers on board for London . When opposite the Dreadnought Hospital-ship , stationed off Greenwich , one of the persons deliberately committed suicide by throwing himself into the river . * ! ann was instantly given , and the steamer ¦ was stopped I ** ^ hope of rescuing the individual fromawater ' y grave : ^ all efforts were useless as he never rose more . Hishat » picked up , andleft inthecare of the authorities at Greenwich , which day perhaps lead to bin identification .

      HQCESTS . Fatal Accident oh Wasnuasm-BaiBaE . —Before Hr B edford , at the Bed Lion , Princea-atreetj West *

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      miristeryos . the body of Charles Barnett , aged 63 , ft clerk to a wine merchant . The evidence went to show tJk & t about nine o ' clock on Friday morning Unt , a cwt laden with timber and drawn by one horse , belonging to Mr Chamberlain , of the Belvedere-road , I ^ unbeth , was crossing over Westminster Bridge , when in passing a distiller ' s waggon the horse became restive , in consequence of a loud rattling ef tins on the vehicle . The driver , who had hold of the animal ' s bridle , did all in his power tostop and quiet it , without effect , and , at length overpowered , he let go his hold of the animal , which ran on to the footpath on the left hand side of the bridge . The deceased , who was walking along , was knocked down by toe shaft , and the off wheel passed over both his legs He was conveyed to tho Westminster Hospito , havimr received a oomnound fracture of the Jell irom

      thigh : he sank and died on Saturday evening the shock arising from the accident . « WM rS ;* i tiwtthiswasthe second person who had been JMtod by the same horse , but there was nothing to show that the animal was * anywise viciously inclined . Verdict , "Accidental Death . " ¦ . The Fatal Accmwt at Bbhuoc tskt . -la taw case , reported in the Star of last week , the jury returned iverdict- " That the deceased parties , Frederick Messenger and Mary Thistleton . were accidentally killed , and that the jur y are desirous of exprSgtothe proper authorities the * sense- of the « St , L mann « mwWch thebo , in their employ has acted , and their desire to recommend to the contractors of such works to app ly to the local commissioners for leave to stop up any public way over which an arch may be turned , more particularly on the striking of the centres , so as to prevent any such accident as this in future . " The inquiry was then concluded , after a sitting , upon this occasion , of

      more than six hours . Dura rao « Damp . —On Wednesday , before Mr T . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , and a jury , at the Bedford Arms Tavern , High-street , Camden Town , concerning the death of Daniel Hunter , a youth of colour , aged 18 , iu the employ of Mr Pindar , chemist , Camden Town . The coroner and jury viewed the body , and the place where tke deceased had been in the habit of sleeping up to the day previous to hw death . It was a perfectly dark opening under the shop , about four feet and a half high , between the joists supporting the shop flooring , tho only ventilation being afew holes in the steps entering the shop above . In it wasa stump bedstead , and at the head of the bed some bricks , which were so damp , that

      | when Tiffin , the snmmoninsc officer , placed his finger between them and withdrew it , he found hw finger covered with wet . The boards were rotted through , and the place was filled with straw ^ jg $£ * £ ~ fi «»^ MW * m ^ , w- « »~~ a given , we jury returned a vertict— "That the deceased died from a disease of the lungs , from exposure to wet and cold , " andappended the following : — " That having viewed the place where the deceased was kept while labouring under the disease from which he died , the jury consider that place to have been a very improper one as a sleeping place , not only for a person affected with disease of the lungs , but even for a person in good health , and earnestly recommend to Mr Pindar not to require any servant of his for the future to occupy that place at night . "

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      COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE , AT KIRKLESS HALL COLLIERY , NEAR WIGAN . On Tuesday , about one o ' clock , an explosion of fire-damp , fatal in its consequences , we fear , to a number of persons , took place at the colliery , knolvn sometimes as the Higher Parricroft Colliery , but more properly as the Kirkless Hall Colliery , near the boundary line of the townships of Ince and Aspull , on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool canal , about two Miles from Wigan . The result of tho accident , as far or we amid learn , np to five o ' clock on Monday afternoon , was the death of two persons , the very serious injury of eight or ten others , and the injury , more or less , of at least a down more . From information hastily collected on the spot , it appeared that the cause of the explosion arose from the

      blowing up of a quantity of coal by one of the men , which set it on fire ; and before the fire could be blocked up or extinguished , the accident occurred . We must here state , on the best authority , that the firing of coal by the miners , which is doubtless practised to save their own labour , is against the rule laid down by the proprietors of the colliery , and on this occasion was practised without their knowledge or consent . About half-past eleven in the morning , one of the men had been having a " blowup , " and the consequence was the setting on fire the coal in that part of the mine , which we are told is of a highly bituminous and inflammable nature . The nnderlooker , George Evans , on the first alarm being given , directed alibis efforts to extinguish the fire , collected

      his best men for the purpose , and sent several out of the pit for safety . The reports in the neighbourhood being much exaggerated as to the number of persons in the pit when the explosion occurred , it may be well to state that the pit is divided into sections , one of whieh only felt the effects of the accident . In this section , we believe , thirty-twe persons were the full complement employed , or sent down in the morning . Of these , six or eight were sent up , and had given in their lamps , and the remaining portion were at the place of the explosion . After an ineffectual attempt to put ont the fire , all the efforts of the men appear to have been directed to the closing or building up that par t where the fire was burning * , aad the confinement of the air , and

      consequent stepping of the usual current in that direction , is supposed to have caused the explosion ; but the undertaker being severely injured , and the other men on the spot knowing little of it , or being incapable of supplying any information , no positive facts can be at present stated . Immediately after the accident , the efforts of all were directed to the getting out of the injured parties , and up to five o'clock , twenty-three had been brought to the top of the pit ; of these , two or three belonged to the other section of the mine . It was found , however , impracticable to prosecute the search with safety until the fire had been effectually blocked up ; but at five o ' clock one man only was said to be missing . The following is .

      we believe , a correct list . of all those brought up after the explosion , none of whom , it is said , escaped unhurt : —John Cartwright—dead ; Joseph Wilkinson , a boy—said to have died on his way home ; Robert Wilkinson , father of the above—seriously injured ; John Berry—very badly burnt , with no hope of recovery . Vbbi Badlt Burst . —John Rhodes , George Evans , underlooker ; Henry Hawson , John Riley , —Ashmore , a boy ; Samuel Evans . Mors or Less Ihjobed . —William Dainty , John Holcroft , John Bolton , James Naylor , Joseph Penman , Eli Monk , William Jackson , Richard Currie , John Webster , James Belshaw , John Mills , Thomas Lanrenson , Samuel Simkin . Robert Southern , the only one said jo be missing , and supposed to be dead

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      A serious accident occurred some daya ago at the extensive ironworks of the Neath Abbey Company . The manager of the works , Mr N . Tregallas , had got married on that day , and he being much respected by the workpeople , a number of the men had assembled to celebrate the event . Among other modes of rejoicing , tbey had erected a small battery , from which they fired salutes at intervals daring the day , One of the cannon having been discharged , a young man began to reload it before a proper time had been given for the heat occasioned by the previous explosion to subside ; the consequence was , that as he was about to ram it , the gunpowder ignited and an explosion took place . One unfortunate man was so badly hurt , that his eyesight is lost to him , it is fearir ] , for ever . Five more were j likewise burnt , and otherwise severely injured .

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      An Ihpbisohhekt op 33 Years ' . —Jeffery Harvey , a miller of Wedmore , in this county , in February , 1805 , mortgaged his lands for £ 300 , and in 1812 further mortgaged them for £ 300 to William Barrow of Wedmore , the clear annual value of the property being £ 80 . In 1817 , W . Barrow took possession and received the rents , and Jeffery Harvey has not had a pensy from the property since tbe death of W . Barrow in 1830 . On the 4 th of September , 1634 , J . Harvey was arrested at the suit of W . Barrow , for £ 700 , for principal and interest alleged to be due on the mortgages , and was lodged in Ilchester gaol . The cause having been tried at the Lent Assizes in 1825 a verdict was given against Harvey for £ 826 lis . and he has ever since been retained a prisoner

      , although the judgment has never been revived by any of the representatives of the deceased plaintiff . In Easter Term last , Mr Edwards benevolently moved the Qaeen ' a Bench Court for Harvey ' s discharge , there being no legal detaining creditor , and on the 25 th of May the rule for his discharge was made absolute . Thus alter 23 years' imprisonment , during 19 years of which he had been a recipient of the gaol allowance , this unfortunate man is now at liberty 1 It is alleged that upon a fair account , a considerable balance would be shown to be dne to Harvey from the representatives of the mortgagee , and proceedings are to he adopted accordingly . Before his imprisonment Harvey was always a miller , occunvine

      a windmill at Wedmore . During his imprisonment he acquired the art of making and mending clothes . Mr Gane , with that kind feeling , which has ever been his characteristic , allowed the old man to raise a small sum of money for the purpose of procuring his discharge from prison , by making county clothes ! Mr A . Loombe acted gratuitously upon the occasion and his agent , Mr John Gilham , of Bartlett ' s-buildi ings , Holborn , did the same . The public officers made no ^ charge for the rules , and it is a remarkable feature in this case , that the late Mr Quarntock , when sheriff , issued the warrant for the detention of the old man in prison , and that the son ( the present sheriff ) should have liberated him after such a very Jong-continued imprisonment , —Taunton Courier . ' Tobe ' sola ' , without reserve , the Protectionists at tho approaching election , —i \ iwft ,

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      tengUniu SORinOUBBRLAND . Fatal Explosion . —Late on Tuesday night there was an explosion of fire-damp in a oslliery at Felling , on the Newcastle and Darlington railway , and about a mile and a half distant from this town . The resort was tremendous , and it was for some time apprehended that the loss of life was extensive . It has , however , been ascertained that only four minersthree men and a boy—were killed by the melancholy occurrence ; though three or four others were burned , same of them seriously . CHESHIRE . __ .

      CWSIHO OF BlRKKNHKW DoCRf ANP POCK WORK ! , —At a meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners , a few days since , Mr Mallaby entered into an official statement , from which it appears that at the present time the commissioners have no money . The Woods and Forests were disposed to lend them £ 60 , 000 ; they could not , however , take the money out of the Exchequer , but thev could borrow it on security ot the property . It appears , however , that there is a disputed title . The corporation of Liverpool claims a right to a portion of the Strand ; the lords of the ro « nor the same ; the crown also ; and till that is

      settled , it will be seen , from the following resolution , which was adopted , the commissioners are disposed to suspend all the works until the title is made good ; on the understanding that government will support their bill in the bouse of Lords : — Resolved , —That the Commissioners of woods and Forests bo applied to for the assent of the crown to the new dock bill , and a pledge be given that the trust do not espend any further sums on the works , or for the u < e of the dock works , till the title is secured ; that they proceed to recover the money due to them froni all debtors , and take steps to aicertaln and settle the title of all claimants .

      lancashhw . _ ,. ,. Spread of Fever tx Manchbsibb . —This disease seems to be rapidly on the increase here . Notwithstanding theextensive extraacoommodationfor fever patients , whioh has been provided by the authorities in the temporary hospitals , in Tile-street , and Longmill-gate , the latter of which affords accommodation for S 50 patients , upwards of 100 cases of fever have been refused admission during the week , solely on the ground of want of room . During the last few daya , however , two large factories , now empty , one in Chalton-street . the other in Canal-street , have been taken , and are in thecoma ? .. nfttolaB fit **** yp m fever hospitals .

      aXOr / CISTEBSBIBB . Bristol . —Fbiohiful Acciobnt YROM in Csboi Macbinibt . — An accident of the most appalling character occurred at the factory of Messrs Fry , in Union-street , the manufacturers of the well-known "Churchman ' s milk chocolate . " The machinery employed by the Messrs Fry in theiri business is driven by steam , and as a young man , named Robyn , was employed in pouring oil upon some parti of tbe steam engine his clothes were unfortunately caught by one of the wheels , and his body was drawn in and literally impaled . His screams brought instant

      assistance , and the machinery was stopped and his person extricated , but he had suffered the most frightful injuries . His abdomen had been torn open , and the intestines dragged out , and wound , to the extent of several yards , round the wheels of the en « gine . Information of the horrible occurrence was instantly conveyed to St . Peter ' s Hospital , and Dr O'Bryen and several of the medical officers of that house repaired at once to tho Messrs Fry ' s factory , and furnished all the assistance which it was in their power to bestow , but the injuries are so severe that the unfortunate man is not expected to survive ..

      0 AUBRID 0 SSB 1 BE . > Cambrtbob . —On Saturday night , just before raid night , the greatest consternation was caused in tbe picturesque and usually quiet village of Colon , two miles and a half from this borough , on the road to St Neot ' s , by the outbreak ot a fearful fire upon the extensive premises belonging to and in the occupation of Messrs Reynolds and Son , farmers . Engines were speedily on the spot . At this moment the ap pearance of the flames was fearful in the extreme ; a large stack of beans , containing about 12 * loads , was on fire throughout . Most providentially , notwithstanding the great bulk of the flame , the wind was westernly . and not at all violent , so that the stream of fire and shower of sparks was blown in the direction ef an open lane , immediately opposite to the burning ricks , but so slightly away from the thatched barne

      that it required all the care and attention the hremen could command to prevent the bulk of the property from being ignited . Other engineers having by thu time arrived , the utmost efforts were made both by the firemen , the resident gentry , and the neighbours to prevent this calamity , and upon personal inspection of the ruins our reporter is' able to state that the destruction of property is happily confined to the entire demolition of the stacks in the outer yard , the most valuable of the stock and effects having been saved . It is with regret we have to come to the fact that there can be no doubt of this calamity having happened through the act of some rile incendiary . The parties , it is said , are insured The affair has caused great sensation , it being seventeen years since the last fire ( an incendiary one ) occurred in the parish .

      ESSEX . Fatal Exmosioic of Gum Coitoh . —A few days ago an alarming explosion of gun cotton tookplace at the cengreve rocket manufactory of Mr R . Wade , West Ham , Essex , which was attended by the destruction of a large portion of the factory and thi loss of three human lives . The premises , which were divided into several apartments for the manufacture of the explosive gun cotton , are situated on the marshes between West Ham town and the river Thames . The three deceased men , Michael Geary , Henry Tuft , and Robert Redferd , were employed in filling a rocket , 18 inches long and 2 i in diameter , which was made to contain 121 b . ef the material . Layers of the cotton are put into the rocket , and are

      compressed in it by means of a monkey , a piece oi wood which is raised by a rope , when , in falling , by pressure , it compresses the cotton in the rocket . Mr Brady , the superintendent of the factory , had been in the room just before , and had not left a minute when the explosion took place , and he was almost stunned by the report , which was distinctly heard two miles off . On recovering himself he found the gable-end of the factory blown away , and ; , the interior in flames . At the same moment he saw Henry Redford coming out of the moat , into which he had been hurled by the force of the concussion , and whioh is at a distance of nearly twenty feet from the building . He walked into a house adjoining , and went to bed . Mr Brady hastened to put out the flames ,

      which were making much progress , and , having succeeded , he looked about for the other men , when he discovered Michael Geary , shockingly disfigured , in the moat , and life quite extinct . The other man , Henry Tuft , was found near the building , also dead . Redford was shortly afterwards removed to the London Hospital , where he died on Friday . Destructive Fibb in Chelmsford . —The most destructive conflagration witnessed here for many years occurred early on Saturday morning ; but though a large amount of property has fallen a sacrifice we have happily not to add the loss of human life to the calamity . The fire ' . broke out about two o ' clock , on the premises oi Mr Bancroft , a tinman in Conduit-street . The house being timber-built , as

      well as those adjacent , in a few minutes , Mr Finch ' s on the left , and Mr Mison ' s on the right , were also one mass of fire ; the former with his wife escaped in their night-clothes , after throwing out two beds ; and Mr Mison had great difficulty in getting out his five children in safety . The fire had bean early observed by sv lad . named Overfcy , who slept daring the night under a dogcart , opposite bis grandfather ' s cottage , in Union-yard ; he states that a few minutes after two o ' clock he heard a crash of glass falling , when a dog barked , and on going into the yard he saw a blaze issuing from Bancroft ' s side window , which is in Union-yard ; he cried " Fire ! " and then aroused his grandfather and his neighbours . The cry was quickly taken up and conveyed , along the

      streets , bringing the engines and vast numbers of the townspeople by degrees ts the spot . The flames were then rushing upwards to a great height , and spreading in every direction , and the utmost alarm and consternation prevailed , particularly amongst the densely-populated district of Union-yard . The fire continued its devastating course , and the houses beyond those we have described—those occupied by Mr Drake , butcher , Mr Bond , musical instrument maker , and Mr Barnes , baker—were soon in flames . In the rear of these houses a workshop occupied by Mr Dowsett , cabinet maker , Mison ' s bake-om ' ce , and a cottage tenanted to a washerwoman named Baker , were also on fire ; and at the same time Overty ' s cottage on the opposite side of the yard was in flames , which communicating to two warehouses behind and contiguous to Mrs Sorrell ' s in Conduit-street , threatened annihilation to Mr Button ' s printing-office and all the neighbouring property . Though the fire was

      effectually subdued by six or seven o ' clock , the engines continued to play for some hours upon the burning ruins , which covers a very large space , extending in front about 70 feet , and being about 100 feet in depth . The origin of the fire is involved in some obscurity . Mr Bancroft had erected a small furnace in his workshop which was officially inspected , and allowed by the Essex Economic office , but Mr Bancroft states that was not used later than seven o ' clock on the evening previous to the fire , and when he retired to rest early the promises were quite safe . The utmost sympathy has been felt by the inhabitants generally for tho unfortunate sufferers by this heavy calamity—the houses of the neighbours have been freely opened to them , and every aid af . forded temporarily to alleviate their distress . A large number of police were present , and besides taking an active part in suppressing the fire , effeclUlly prevented disorder .

      SUSSEX . . MinncBsr . —It is stated that the Dunford property , near Midhurst , where the hon . member for Stockport , Mr Cobden , was born , has been purchased either by or for him .

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      FeverissWlragiK ^ in some quarters , ^^^ SZrfeTS painful . The overcrowding of wfirmanei , www had been the consequence ; cannot be tooi mgnjy deprecated : theproper method is , toopen temporim hospitals in well-aired localities m the WW ™ J towns . Theremissnessofthe authont . es iti bcyfcj townsin not availing themselve ^> . ^ HSK the Sanitary Regu ations -Act is also' »» t > ffi » hensible . Itexpiresin August next ;•»»<*« ' ™ f » still more criminal if the time is allowed to run with-* . ! .. »— «<&» + hoi ™ made to call into operation the

      simple machineryof the bill . Ifiwo wejcal men certW ««» uaheaithiaesBof any deposit ; the sheriff crders the remova l attheexpense of the owner , or if he be poor , at tho cost of the parochial - board , it town councils , police commissioners , and other on > oials will not takeup the matter , the people should doit themselves . i ' u .. The weather has been rainy for ten days past , but with intervals of strong sunshine . There has a so been some thunder , but the crops are looking uncommonly well ; and similar accounts are coming in from all parts of thecountry . / In many-place * the eraln is bursting into ear , and in early soils the potatoes are flowering . In more rare cases the latter have been lifted and found perfectly sound . —

      , . ... The oases in Edinburgh Infirmary are about 600 ; in Glasgow , 760 , and as yet no indication of decrease . The epidemic is a short fever with an almost invanable relapse about the fourteenth day-a circumstance worthy ot particular notice . It is not fatal , except in those beyond middle life , but its centaeiousness is undoubted-nurses , medical men , inspectors , and other functionaries , having been extensively attacked , and in several lnstences fatally . Scurvy is probably not on the decline , but it has been thrown into the shade by the more pressing danger of fever . In the Edinburgh infirmary many scurvy oases have been refused , on accdunt of the crowded state of the wards from fever . Its vlctirar have

      chiefly been railway labourers . The cause is believed to be a saccharo-farinaceous diet , and the cure mainly consists of a due admixture of animal food , particularly of milk . With such diseases ravaging ^ ur towns , it is to be regretted that hospital-crowding and other provocatives of virulence should bo ' parsilted in . What , for example , could be more absurd than to convert the Glasgow police-office into a temporary receptacle for fever patiente-the ordinary duties going on within the premises at one and tho same time ? It is also worthy of notice , . that in Edinburg h the services of the hospital physicians are gratuitous , and in the new Glasgow Hospitai this liberal system was attempted , but the surgeons hate struck work unless they get fifty guineas per annum .

      LANARKSHIRE . Fxvbr M Glasgow . —In a fever hospital at the Royal Infirmary there is at present about 147 patients , and within the wooden sheds attached to it , whioh was only open for the reception of patients on Thursday week , there are no less than 156 . In the temporary house at Rottenrow , there are at least eighty . The total number of fever cases at present in the hospitals is thus 383 , and there are constant applications from fresh patients for admission .

      BBNFRBWSHIBB . Fatal Afprat at BARRHEAn . —On Saturday night last , being Barrhead fair , a party of labourers , at present employed on the railway in progress at Barrhead , amounting to about 200 , paraded tbe streets of the village , between the hours of 11 and 12 o ' clock . Ihe mob was headed by an Irishman . named M'Leay , or M'Lean , who was tipsy at the time » and rather noisy and insulting in his demeanour towards the inhabitants ; when within afew yards of two policemen , and without any previous quarrel or challenge , a man rushed into , the crowd and stabbed M'Leay to the heart , who instantly fell dead . In the eommo * tion that ensued James M'Nally , a labourer , and another man named Flannigan , were also seriously

      stabbed . The person who committed these acts of violence was so sudden in his movements , and made Mich a hasty retreat that he was not secured . An Id man , named M'Kechnie , before whose door the disturbance took place , came out of his own house , and meeting a person in the entry , he asked him what was " the matter ? A dangerous wound was the reply . The ruffian forced his way into M'Kechnie ' s house . M'Kechnie ' s wife , on hearing the people crying out to secure the murderer , became alarmed , and not knowing thwt her husband was injured , refused to open the door . The person made his escape Dy a back window . Another labourer named Connally , who wos passing through the crowd at the

      time , on his way home from his work , was also -tabbed , but apparently by another hand than that which inflicted the wounds on the other , persons , as nis wound does not appear to have been given by the same instrument as the rest . The whole affair occupied no more time than five minutes , and the parties effected their escape without detection . Flannigan ted M'Kechnie are both seriously injured . Connally , we understand , was able to walk about . On Monday an examination was made into the case at Barrhead . by Sheriff Glassgow , Mr Rodger , Procurator-Fiscal for Renfrewshire , along with Drs . M'Kinlay and Wylie , of Paisley , and Dr Jaap , of Barrhead . We understand that suspicion rests on two parties as being guilty of perpetrating the horrid deed .

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      BiLintASWE . —MiuiahtLaw . —On Saturday last a trooper named Smith , of the 7 th Hussars , attempted to shoot Sergeant-Major Trout in the barracks at Ballinasloe . On examination the culprit endeavoured to prove that he fired a blank cartridge ; but , in order to do this , it was of course necessary that his pouch should contain the usual number of ball cartridges . It is supposed that a private in the 75 th Regiment , named John Radcliff , supplied a cartridge to make op tbe number . This becoming known , the Colonel of the 75 th issued the following memorandum , to be read in the presence of the company : " Private Radoliffa hair will be out quite close to his head , and he will be kept in the strictest confinement , and any man

      seen speaking to him is immediately to be confined and punished for 'disobedience of orders . ' He will also be marched a prisoner on Wednesday next , at five a . m ., to Athlone , handcuffed , aad be prepared to take his trial by a' general' or ' district' court-martial ; and most assuredly he will receive the severest punishment that can be inflicted . The Lieutenant-Colonel cannot too strongly express his indignation at the detestable part taken by private Radoliff in the transaction in question , thus bringing the corps in an odious light before the public , and also his mortification that so worthless a man , so vile a soldier , should belong to the ranks o . the 75 th Regiment . Arrangements must , if possible , be made for sending the wife of the prisoner to her friends , as her name will be erased

      from the books at the end of the month . ' In compliancewiththeorder Radcliffs hairwascroppedcloae , and after being paraded he wasled back to the guardroom in company with a corporal and two privates . Immediately on his entering the room he seined a razor and drew it across his throat , which divided the principal vessels of the neck , and he soon afterwards died . An inquest was held , when the following verdict was returned : — "We find that the deceased , John Radoliffe , came to his death in consequence of having inflicted an extensive wound in his throat with a razor , whilst labouring under temporary derangement , induced by the extreme severity of the order from Colonel Hallifax , produced in evidence . " A Libel Cask . —The cause of Lucan v . Cavendish , " whioh was tried on Friday in the Court of

      Queen ' s Bench , before the Chief Justice and a special jury , has excited considerable interest . It was a criminal information filed by the Earl of Lucan , Lord-Lieutenant of Mayo , against the defendant , the Hon . P . Cavendish , who is proprietor and editor of the Mayo Telegraph , a newspaper published in Castlebar . The circumstances arose out of the proceedings taken to administer relief under the Labour-rate Act : Lord Lucan , having received instructions to organise committees under the act , excluded , as he had , bis lordship contended , a right to do , the Roman Catholic curates from those bodies : Upon occasion of a meeting in Castlebar two of that body presented themselves . This meeting was the first under the Labour-rate Act , and those gentlemen were members

      of the former committee , superseded by that statute . Lord Lucan would not allow tbe proceedings to opes until those gentlemenretired . Upon another occasion , the noble earl held a meeting of the committee ot the Castlebar district , and refused to admit thereto , or declined to admit thereto , two gentlemen of the county—one a J . P . and D . L . of Mayo . Of this exclusion one of the gentlemen complained in a letter to the Telegraph . Upon occasion of one meeting of these committees , certain resolutions were , upon Lord Lucan ' s suggestion , adopted , condemning the Relief Act in operation last autumn , and before tbs Labour-rate Act had operation , as demoralising , and calling upon tho government to give the money to the landlords for reproductive works . All these things were done in a committee from which the press was excluded , and the defendant animadverted upon them in terras charged by the noble prosecutor to be libellous and criminal . The defence was the general

      issue , and that the comment was a fair and bona fide comment on the acts of a public offieor . The jury , having retired after a brief and perspicacious charge of the Chief Justice , returned in about an hour , and asked his lordship whether , if the articles imputed corrupt motives to Lord Lucan , without proof of actual malice on the part of the defendant , they constitated a libel ? His lordship replied , in such circurastanccs the law would imply malice , They retired again , and at alatehour returned a verdict of Not Guilty . It is stated in a private letter from Clonmel that the merchants of that town who have realised such immense profits by hoarding up their stocks of meal < fcc ., aro now obliged to destroy great quantities ot it , through its becoming heated in their stores . The river Suir now recems } n its placid bosom what would have subsisted many who have gone off this stage for ever . ' .

      , It is stated that there are at present two millions nine hundred thousand persons receiving rationi under the temporary relief Act .

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      MAKSI 0 N . H 0 U 8 E . -R 0 B » i »* -M ««» ^ charged with ' tiring robbed Adam ^ J * f *";* £% ' dsaler and dealer in watches and plate , ^ w ™ - street , of a gold ohain , worth £ 6 U » . Mr Spellman said on the S 3 d January last , In the evening , the prisoner came into my shop , and aslred to look atone of four gold chains lying in a tray in the window . I took out the tray , and whilst I was weighing the chain tho . prisonerwas looking at tin-other chains .. Suddenly he » ald , " I'll call again another day , " and opening the door , ran out . I instantly missed one of the chains , and ran out aftsr the prisoner , but could not see him . On Friday hist , between three and four o ' clock la the afternoon , the prisoner came again to my shop , and asked to look at a silver lever watch in the window . I immediately saw that he was the thief who had

      plandered tbe shop of the gold chain , and I whispered to my partner , and was going round to the part of the counter at which the prisoner was standing , when perceiving that he was recognissd , he bolted out of the shop . I followed him , crying out , " Stop thief , " through Pope ' s Head . slley , across Corobill , to the Bank of England , near which theofficr stopped him . I had sold nothing caleulated to induce the prisoner to make his sudden exit . He was stopped In . his career by a poliwmao , and brought back to iny office , where , upon being . asked to . produce th . chain he had stolen , he merely replied , For CM t take don't ruin mo and my family , aedifyou wilt only oe quiet jou shall hate the money . " The Lord Mayor-Have you any 'doubt as to his Identity t Wltnen .-Hot the least . I kaew Mm the instant 1 saw him . John Lewis , of the City police , 481 , stated that he was on Frldalast on duty at Cornhill , when the complaint ** gave

      y the prinoner into custody for robbery . The prisoners pockets were empty . Mr J . 8 . Samuel , a Birmingham jeweller , said thst about the hour stated he went in to Mr Speilman ' s shop , on Friday night , and saw the Priwner in the custody of the poUcesaan . Mr . Speilman said to the prisoner , " How could such a respectable young ma » a * you do such a thlag 1 " to which the prisoner replied , » It ' s done , and I'll endeavour to be honest for the future , If you'll look over It . " The prisoner ssld that the observation he made did not stall amount to an acknowledgment of the robbery . Tho Lord Mayor—What money had the prisoner about him upon being apprehended ! Policeman . —Not a farthing . The Lord Mayor ( to the prisoner ) —What could Induce yon to ask to see the watoh without being in possession of the money with which to purchase It ! The prisoner made no answer . Committed for trial

      HAMMERSMITH . —A' Tou-Bjb Squabsle . — Mr Ed . ward Tarlton Moore , Gray's-terrace , Dover-road , attended to answer a summons for having violently assaulted Daniel Bates , a toll collector at Keasington turnpike . William Blyford deposed that on the night of Sunday week , thaUOth ult ., he was standing at the Kensington turnpike gate , about ten o ' clock , waiting for an omnibus to go to town ; when tbe defendant and another gentleman on horseback came up to the gates , Bates , tbe collector , called out to them , *| Pay here " Defendant said , " I have paid . " Bates said , " Show me yonr ticket . " Defendant replied , "I'll see you — first , " Bates then called out , " Lynn , Lynn , " for the Exciseticket tollector , who asked the defendant for the Excise ticket , to which the defendant said they were their own

      horses . Lynn appeared to doubt that statement , and asked the defendant for his name and address , upon which defendant got off his horse and called Lynn opprobrious names , and threatened to knock him dewn if he doubted his word . Defendant had in bis hand at the time a heavy riding whip . Defendant then went into tbe toll-house with Lynn to give him his name and address . Bites at that time was holding the horses' heads and defendant ' s friend was calling out to him to let the horses' heads go . Defendant at that moment came out of the toll-house and his friend called out to himto knock Bates down , which defendant did by striking him with , tbe riding whip on the head , and followed him up , con . tinning to do so until they got to the side of the road where defendant knocked Bates down , and then himself ran away along the pavement towards Kensington , Defendant's friend called after him not to run away but to knock the — down , on which the defendant returned and knocked Bates down again . Bates got up and ran

      away followed by defendant , who continued striking him on the bead , until he was again knocked down in a senseless state . Two persons ran and picked Bates up , and witness assisted them in taking him into the toll house bleeding from the head profusely . After a lengthened examination of witnesses , Thomas Cox , of No . S , Uxbrldge-street , Notting-hill , and Robert Meadows , who was with him , both swore that Bates was not holding defendant ' s horse while he was in tbe toll-house , but that it was loose until the former held It . That when Mr Moore came out Bates struck him , and Mr Moore warded the blows eff with his whip , calling " murder and police , " and that Bate * was tipsy . 'Mr Paynter here stopped the case , saying it must go to the sessions . It was impossible that he could decide a case like that where the evidence was so conflicting . It was for a Jury to decide which side they would believe . He should dismiss the summons on both sides , and leave the parties to indict .

      : WESTMINSTER . —A Lawier . —William Mullins was charged with stealing a saw . Mrs Kimber , of Westbourne-street , Fimlico , discovered , that during her tern , porary absence a saw had been stolen from her shop . A very intelligent youth proved seeing a person dressed like tbe prisoner leave the shop with a saw ia bis hand , and upon being informed immediately afterwards by Mrs Klmberofher loss , be went down the street and there saw the prisoner running with'the saw in bis hand , The youth , however , could net swear that the prisoner was tbe person he saw leave the shop . The prisoner , after positively denying the charge , expressed a wish to cross-examine the youth . The youth having stepped into the witness box , prisoner said , "Now , when I came out of the shop , did I walk or run ! " Witness : Oh , then you are the man that left tbe shop , are you ? Prisoner ( confusedly ) : I mean—that is—when tbe person you saw left the shop , did he walk or run f The witness having replied " Walked , " tho prisoner was remanded .

      THAMES . — Sdsmcte » HocmsiNo . — Exmuobmmabt Amu . —A young woman named Sarah Dunning , a weaver , whose parents rsside in Bacon street , Bethnalgreen , was brought before Mr Yardley , oa a charge of attempting to commit self-destruction under circumstances of a very singular nature . It appeared from the evidence that between the hours of seven and eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning a labouring man named John Clutterbuck , saw the prisoner mount the parapet of the Ben Jonson-bridge , over the Regent's Canal , at Stepney , and plunged into the water , An alarm was raised immediately , and while some went for the drags to a neighbouring public house , others attempted to recover the prisoner by means of boat-hooks . The wretched female sunk , and nearly five minutes elapsed before she was

      taken out ef the water . She was immediately taken into the Qunmakers' Arms in an apparently lifeless state . Every attsntlon was paid to her by the proprietor of the tavern and his servants . She was stripped and put into a warm bed , and after the most assiduous friction had been applied , and other means to resuscitate the woman bad been used , under tbe direction of a surgeon and his assistant , she washappilyrestoredtoastate of consciousness , and given into the care of a police constable named Collins , 176 K , to whom she stated that she went out upon an errand on Monday morning , and was accosted on London Bridge by two well-dressed men , who entered into conversation with her , and invited her to drink with them in a public bouse . She refused to do jo ; but one ot them prevailed upon her to remain outside the house while his companion went in , and soon afterwards brought out a glass of brandy and water . She tasted a small quantity of it , and afterwards felt very giddy , and became intoxicated . She had no perfect recollection where she

      went to afterwards , but had a faint recollection of being taken into another public-house and seme liquor being forced upon her by her companions , which made her feel worse than she was before , and she became quite insensible . At an early hour that morning she came to her senses and found herself in a secluded place in Haggerstone-fields , near Hackney , with her clothes in disorder , and partially thrown over her head . She was ashamed to return homo , believing , from the condition In which she found herself , that an outrage had been committed upon her , and she proceeded to the bridge over the canal with the determination of terminating her life . The prisoner stated to tho policeman that she believed the liquor was dragged , and that the first mouthful she tasted made her feel very 111 . Ann Dunning , the mother of the prisoner , who appeared in a state of great affliction at the lamentable sufferings of her daughter , said her child ' d absence from homo hud given her great uneasiness , and that she had informed her that her reasons for

      attempting to commit suicide was , that a young man had taken improper liberties with her , and that she was afraid to return home . Her daughter was a very steady , wellconducted girl . The prisoner , who was in an exceed , ingly weak state , and was accommodated with a chair on the bench , near the mgistrate , repeated , in a low tone , what she had stated to the policeman , and stated it to be her belief that some narcotic drug had been mixed with tho liquor offered to her , and that , to ths beat of her recollection , one of the men she met on London-bridge attempted to commit a criminal ajsault and ill-use her . She described the persons of the two men , and said she should know them again . She was very ill , and felt grateful to the persons who saved her life , for she was very sorry that she had made the att empt to drown herself in the canal . Mr Yardley said the prisoner had very narrowly escaped with her life , and ho directed that Mr Falconer , a surgeon , of the firm of Falconer and Hov . l . 'tt should be sent-for , to examine the girl and the clothes

      she wore at the time she plunged into tho canal . Some time afterwords Mr Falconer reported that the wet clothes which he had just carefully examined gave no indications of any outrage having been attempted , but the immersion in the water , and the wringing of the water out of the garments , might have destroyed any evidence which' previously existed . It did not appear that any man had effected hia purpose with the girl , whatever attempt might have been made , and there were no signs of violence having been offered to her . The young woman was in a high state of fever , arising from exposure to tho night air , her immersion in the water , and other causes From thesymptoms described by the giri it was very probable some noxious drug had beea infused into the liquor she had drank . Mr Yardley gave some directions to the police on he subject efthe alleged outrage on the girl , and he delivered her over to the care of her mother ,- who immediately obtained assistance . and convoyed her suffering daughter to her own house . Tub Police Again . —Patrick Gorman ,- a police-coni 'able of the , H division . 28 , appeared before Mr Yardley

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      by ofd « of the Commissioners of Police , to aiu * ,, charge mads against him for tulv ' g pbteuit aad aba , J language towards Mrs Ann Bills , the . landlad y of jv , Whit * Hart , In Pennlngton-street , Batcllff-hl fhway ,, ^ assaulting her . It appeared from Xht statem -nt of u Bills that on the night of Thursday , the 17 iu ult , k tween the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , she ^ conversing with her daughter , and Mrs Bond , her oeU hour , outside the door of her dwelling . They W ( . s tanding close under the pent-house to prevent the t & i ,,, droppings falling upon them , when the defendaat , ^ was on duty , crossed the road from the corner of ^ street , and as he approached them laid to Mrs Boii " It ' s a fine night , maam . " To which she replied , " tJ it is " and he then walked past them but had not pr ? by order of the Commissioners of Police , to aiu * ,, charge rnaSe against himforn » Jm > obscene aad aim . ('

      , ceeded more than four , paces from the group when ^ quickly returned , and wa lked between tbe women ^ separated them , driving one into the roadway and % other agstlnst the wall , in avery rude manner . jj . Bills , her daughter , andfriend immediately remonstu ^ with him ; andioid he might have wa ' ked outside , \^ glvehthem the wall . MrsBondalso ntdit was utility time she had been insulted by a policeman , and if ^ Inspector or gerjeant passed they would riot . in ,, been so rudely treated . ' Gorman Immedlttely Wa , menced abusing them , and threatened to lock up Hf , Bills if she gave him any of her impudence , and told Mn Bond to walk in doors immediately , or fat would dn » her to the station-house . Mrs Hubble , the widow of * licenied victualler , and daughter of Mrs Bills , asfcsa hi ,

      what he meant by such incivility , and be made a v „» obscene reply ; and after telling her to go to her mi ^ ' in the house , threatened to take her in charge . Bin defied him to insult her , and be said he would take ion , of the party In charge next evening if ho had to cirrj them to tbe station-house . His offensive conduct * u continued for some time . He spat at ta « women , nij , a vulgar nelse with his month , and insulted them ij grimaces and the most rnde behaviour . Svidense || corroboration having been given , Mr Yardley wno ( opinion the case was clearly made « at against Oormig whose conduct was rude and Improper , aad he « og , tidered him quite unfit'to be la the police force » nj longer . For the abusive language used he should inflict the highest penalty , which was 40 i . It wis paid

      instanttr . SOUTMWABK—AmurMD Sticmi , —James Pattison was charged with attempting to commit » uicld » James Alford . shipwright of No 3 , Broadwall , Blaek . friars , stated that on Saturday , between the hours ot seven and eight o'clock , he happened to be passing seir the Old Barge . house , adjacent to the Thamsi , whtn hii attention was particularly arrested by observing the d »> feadant appfroach the water-tide , and commence- thtov . ing off his coat and bat . Having diveited himitlf of that portion of his dress , he stood clow to the ed gs of tbe water , looking intently into the river , at tbe tide o ( which he first knelt down , and after a little tint , ht stretched himself at his full length , and then rolled into tbe watir . The moment witness saw this he ran to the

      spot , leized defendant by one leg , ant commenced pulling him baek , but tbe mora he tried , tbe more vigour . ous were the efforts of the defendant to get further into the water ; and he would have succeeded in the attempt had not anotherfperion ' come to hit assistance , aad helped to pull him out . At it was , tbe defendant watdrtggti almost in a senseless state ont of tbe river , from theef . fects of the immersion , being nnder tbe surface for t considerable time before be was got out . He wat uet conveyed to the James-street station-honie , when si recovered , after the application of rettorativet . Inspector Rogers , L division , stated that when the defendant was brought to the station-house , finding that he wt » drenched to the skin from being in the river , he had hia conveyed toChristchurch workhouse , to have his clothes changed for dry garments , to prevent him from taking cold . On the defendant ' s being brongbt back to the station he then informed witnett that he bad been in the

      nary , and wat paid off from the San Josef , at Plymouth , on the 16 th ult ., and had formed an acquaintance with a female named Jane , with whoso surname he was unac quainted , but who lived at the Three Crowns Ian , North Cornwall-street , Plymouth . He let drop hints to lead to the tappotition that either Jane had drowned herself , or had committed the act , He also produced a ticket of hit discharge from the San Josef , representing that it wat at his own desire that he left that ship . The inspec . tor added , that upon further questioning the defendmt , he ascertained that he was the son af a respectable mta living within a few miles of -Edinburgh . Mr Seeker taid he should remand the pritorier until Wednetdty , and in the meantime inquiry should be instituted it Plymouth for the purpose of ascertaining tbe real circumstanctt under-which he had been discharged from the San Josef , as well as those relating to the young noman above referred to .

      BOW . STREET . —AUICIBLB POZS A young mis named John Gibbs , who described himself as a clerk in the service of Messrs Cox and Greenwood , wat placed it the bar , charged with making ute of abusive and die . gusting language to Mr Charles Blunt , civil engineer , with intent to provoke a breach of the peace . The com . plainant was entering the National Gallery , accom . panied by a lady , when the defendant accotted him'in the presence , of . several respectable persons , and said , * ' Now you , I'll expose you , and will follow you into every office yon enter , for that purpose . " Witnsit haviogleft tbe lady inside the building , and returning to teek for the defendant , he found that he had followed him up the steps to the door , where he repeated the same language , upon which tbe complainant laid his cans pretty sharpl y across his shoulders and then gave him

      into custody , previous to which he made an attempt to strike him , The defendant had repeatedly conducted him . ' self in a similarmanner during the last six months without any provocation , and it was only by threatening to flog ; him that he had Induced him to desist . The defendant ) denied that he had used tbe language imputed to him , until he was struck by tbe complainant , and be hoped ! an apology would not be refused , as he had given such offence under great provocation . The complainant laid he was aware of having taken the law into his owm bands in n moment of great excitement , and in conii ,. deration of the chastisement he bad inflicted , he hoped ! tbe court would deem it sufficient , in order to prevent u repetition of t ' ucb conduct , to bold the defendant to ball ] in his own recognisance , The defendant was then bound ! over in the turn of £ 50 to keep tbe peace and be of goodd behaviour for the next six months .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —BaciAL OnraiOK . —Thomiti Smith , a hawker of earthenware , wat charged with haw . ing attempted to strangle a yeung woman , named Marrj Montgomery , and also with feloniously cutting anal wounding her mother , whereby her life was seriously endangered . The youager complainant , who exhibited ¦ ¦ Hvid and extensive discolouration of the throat , stateei that she bad been living with tbe prisoner as hiswififi for the last eight months , and had suffered the most bras tal ill-treatment at his bands , during nearly the whole oo that period . On the preceding afternoon he came homae and after beating her in an unmerciful manner , and dele clarlng that he would murder her outright , he forced heie down upon the bed , and passing a thick cord round heie

      neck , compressed it till she was on the point of strangtja lation . On bearing her cries her mother ran into ha « assistance , but tbe moment she entered the prisoner esi claimed with an oath , " that he would do for her also . o , and snatching a knife from the table , ruthed towards hoe and made a desperate blow at her head . She instantltl staggered back into the yard bleeding profusely from i frightful gash above the temple , but was saved frotot falling by some of the neighbours , who conveyed her ft the house of Mr Wildbore , a surgeon , in Shoreditckl where the wonnd was dressed , and she wos afterwarcH removed to the hospital . Mr Arnold ordered the prpr soner to be remanded till tbe wounded woman was inn fit state to appear .

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . —A Thoumbsom Cdidi TOMta . —Mr Henry Morton , of Kentish Town , snmmonmt George Bailay , conductor of a Kentish Town omnibum before Mr Bingham , for having refused to admit him inini his omnibus ; there being room , and there being i i couse why he should be excluded . Mr Morton , s , s elderly gentleman , who appeared to be of rather 8 ICIC table temperament , stated that though the SUmMOlOl only specified one complaint , still he had four othtb separate charges of complaint against the defendant The complainant here went into a detail of the first didi ference with the defendant , which arose out of a misutut derstanding with respect to the payment of his fare , arar concluded by saylig that when he last spoke to the d d fendant , with the view of taking a place in his omnibubi ) the defendant told him ho would admit him only on cece dition that he gave a promise not to annoy any oftftl passengers . The complainant said he had never a- a noyedonypossengers , and therefore the defendant wi w :

      not justified in dictating the terms to him on which 1 h II wa * to have accommodation . On cross-examination in " the defendant ' s solicitor the complainant admitted th thi he had been to several . police courts to get snramonsnsn and that on Saturday he had summoned the defendadai before the Lord Mayer , and that his lordship , withchci calling on the defendant for his defence , dismissed Id 11 complaint . He denied that he was known to varicric omnibus conductors as a troublesome personage , a , ai that he baa frequently been refund admittance iu iii omnibuses ; He had never quarrelled with any otlotll conductor before . Two conductors were herepoimin out to the complainant . The complainant recolkclec ; having had some words with one of the conductors , Is , 11 all in a ' good-humoured way . " The conductor referfer : : to came forward and said the complainant made lib hii self so obnoxious to the passengers in his omnibus ts t . ' his conduct had been complained of by the passengragu The defence was , that the complanaut « as reallallj ) troublesome when in the omnibus that the defendantint ;

      order to protect the passengers from annoyance , ? , v obliged to require a promise of good behaviour from hn hi Mr Bingham said if tho complainant had been a strarram it wouldhave been improper for the conductor to impniff conditions on liiin ; but as he was known , and as as conductor conceived that the public interest requiquii him to obtain a promise to abstain from disturbinging ; other passengers , the summons must be dismissed , I ,

      I.Vcb.Vduhism.—On Li Ciinesdfty Informat...

      I . VCB . VDUHISM . —On li ciinesdfty information mi forwarded to the metropolitan police , that a daidau attempt had been made to set firo to tbe extenteni premises of Mr Emanuel Whittaker , timber-cr-rc chant , situate at Nurth . Moor , Oldham , near ft M Chester . £ 50 reward has been offered by Mr W Wf taker , and a further reward of £ 50 by her Majesyess Government , bssides her Majesty ' s free pardordoo any accomplice { not . being the actual perpetraltratl on information leading' o a coiyi jtion . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03071847/page/6/